Chinese clones outpace iPad in Kenyan market

The iPad, apple computer’s hottest selling gadget, is headed for a hard landing when it officially arrives in the Kenyan market that is stealthily getting swamped with clones from China.

In recent months, as the ipad hit European and Asian markets, Chinese imitators have landed in the Kenyan market with the clones that have become a hit with hundreds of consumers hungry to lay their hands on a gadget they have only interacted with on-line.